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Post by 30sqnatc on Oct 4, 2024 18:24:11 GMT 12
That's looking very realistic Thanks very much. It's been an interesting journey so far. |
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Post by Antonio on Oct 5, 2024 8:40:59 GMT 12
It's brilliant. Loving every post  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 5, 2024 11:20:54 GMT 12
Me too. It's a terrific diorama idea and it gets better and better.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Oct 5, 2024 21:28:58 GMT 12
All three boards joined to ensure colours and vegetation match and the baseboard joints are suitably hidden. I'm happy so far.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 5, 2024 23:29:33 GMT 12
That looks really fantastic!
I love the water.
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Post by Antonio on Oct 6, 2024 7:50:30 GMT 12
Magnifique............
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Post by 30sqnatc on Oct 11, 2024 20:14:50 GMT 12
 More flax added to the back baseboard. Only 100ish to make. |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Oct 17, 2024 20:57:12 GMT 12
The house is well underway and flax is slowly filling in the open spaces.  |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Oct 23, 2024 19:05:14 GMT 12
Latest update on progress.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 23, 2024 20:37:54 GMT 12
Oooh, tree ferns. Very cool!
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Post by 30sqnatc on Oct 29, 2024 23:46:12 GMT 12
 Adding vegetation continues while details are added to the buildings. The chiller shed is under construction as is another locie |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Nov 1, 2024 17:45:42 GMT 12
First exhibition 16 Nov. The clock is ticking so there will need to be a few 'work in progress' items which will probably include the aircraft. I currently have a Tiger Moth, Hughes 500 and C 180 assembled/modified but not decalled. I have also built a Sioux but can't for the life of me find it at the moment while a Hobbycraft Beaver is assembled but still in all clear finish. Still in boxes there are C337, Auster, several C172, several Piper Cubs, DH Rapide, another Tiger, Piper Cherokee, Proctor and a Bonanza. Finally I have a 1/72 Miles Aerovan to use as a guide for a 1/48 scratchbuilt Aerovan (with a bit of revised history backstory). On the scenery side things progress.  |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Nov 1, 2024 19:07:04 GMT 12
First exhibition 16 Nov...I currently have a Tiger Moth, Hughes 500 and C 180 assembled/modified but not decalled. I have also built a Sioux but can't for the life of me find it at the moment while a Hobbycraft Beaver is assembled but still in all clear finish. Still in boxes there are C337, Auster, several C172, several Piper Cubs, DH Rapide, another Tiger, Piper Cherokee, Proctor and a Bonanza... Yeah, two weeks. I'd need that for just the Tiger Moth |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Nov 1, 2024 21:02:31 GMT 12
Yeah that's my dilemma. Realistically I can only finish one aircraft and my chosen Tiger ZK-ANE still needs to be converted into a cargo version. I haven't even mentioned my work in progress Tiger to Fox Moth conversion which will need significantly longer..  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 1, 2024 21:04:33 GMT 12
What an unusual canopy on ANE.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Nov 1, 2024 22:13:07 GMT 12
From The Tiger Stash thread - operated by Nolan family who operated the Cascade airstrip as a whitebait freighter .....
'NZ716 went from the RNZAF to John Digby Neave, Christchurch in December 1946 who set up to freight whitebait and such from the West Coast operating as Aerial Transport (NZ) Ltd). He had it converted to a single seater as ZK-ANE with a freight hopper for this purpose.
This is the configuration shown here, which is why it looks odd.
Neave was later CFI at Canterbury Aero Club, and sold the Tiger to Des J Nolan of Haast, one of the famous West Coast Nolan family, who used it for a similar purpose.
They also owned, at various times, Messenger ZK-AUM and Auster J-5 ZK-BGT.'
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Post by 30sqnatc on Nov 7, 2024 22:54:51 GMT 12
Progress.  |
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Post by davidd on Nov 8, 2024 11:25:05 GMT 12
John Neave was the pilot who replaced Peter de Havilland (one of Sir Geoffrey's three? sons) as test pilot at DHNZ (Rongotai), possibly in about late 1941, and remained in this job for rest of war (to best of my knowlege!) John Neave was a very tall man in his time, but this did not seem to interfere with his career.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Nov 9, 2024 21:44:39 GMT 12
Even on the West Coast you need to store water. Todays task was to construct a pair of corrugated iron water tanks from plastic card rapped around a balsa wood core with plastic top and bottom.   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 9, 2024 22:28:13 GMT 12
Looking good with the corrosion weathering on the tin shed. And the water tank looks great.
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